Nick Kyrgios and a reminder of the tournament he’s playing in. Just in case you hadn’t noticed.Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

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2.54pm AEST

So cool, calm and canny Robredo recovers from a first set thrashing (and a 0-2, 0-40 start to the second set) and moves on to a fourth-round clash with Stanislas Wawrinka. For Kyrgios, his New York dream has come to an end but he’s once again made the tennis world sit up and take notice and he’ll be better for the experience. His time will come.

Robredo, on court, credits his win to his return of serve and his fight. “I had to go with the slice and wait for the chance to use my forehand and move him around the court. And that’s what I did.”

That’s me done. Time to check on the kids. Thanks for your company.

2.44pm AEST

Robredo wins the fourth set 6-3, and the match!

Kyrgios 3-6, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

A pointless game for Kyrgios as Robredo finshes him off like a pro. His serve really held up and while it lacked the bells and whistles of Kyrgios’ it saw him home.

2.41pm AEST

Kyrgios* 3-5, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Given his gingerness you’d have thought Kyrgios would have called the trainer out during he break but he didn’t. He then limps his way to 0-30 before an overrule pulls him back to 15-30. A sharp forehand draws him level and another sends him to 40-30. He holds serve and the crowd try to gee him up. For good measure he skips along the baseline.

Updated at 2.42pm AEST

2.38pm AEST

Kyrgios 2-5, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

A weak Kyrgios forehand hands Robredo a 30-0 lead and Kyrgios hammers his head with his racket in frustration (he has the sense to do so with the strings, however, not the frame). Robredo, cool as you like, wins the next two points to hold with ease. This match will surely be over soon.

2.35pm AEST

Kyrgios* 2-4, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Is there a remarkable comeback in the offing? Not likely. And at 0-15 Robredo shows his hunger to finish things off by pulling in a drop shot, racing after Kyrgios’ resulting lob and still having the presence of mind to flay it down the line for a winner. At 30-30 now and Kyrgios is cramping up and moving around gingerly like a kid in desperate need of a toilet. But he holds. Just.

2.30pm AEST

Kyrgios 1-4, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Exactly the service game Robredo wanted. Power and precision gets him to 40-0 before a double fault gives Kyrgios a sniff. A wide serve is hauled in by Kyrgios but it canons into the net. Game Robredo.

And the seats in Arthur Ashe are starting to empty. Many in the crowd think it’s over. That, or they want to get home before breakfast.

2.27pm AEST

Kyrgios* 1-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Kyrgios wins the opening point at the net then aces one down the line. 30-0. Another ace (his 17th) makes it 40-0. But Kyrgios lets Robredo back into it and then, at 40-30 up, he misses an easy cross court volley. Deuce. Time for an ace? Yes. Ad to Kyrgios. Robredo gets it back to Deuce but Kyrgios sees it home, winning the game with an ace.

2.22pm AEST

Kyrgios 0-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Cementing his advantage Robredo reaches 30-0 and then it’s 40-15 soon enough after another unforced error from Kyrgios (his fifth of the fourth set). He bounces his racket again and his head drops a little. Robredo holds, moving Kyrgios this way, then that, then finding enough room for a forehand winner down the line. A lot of pressure now on Kyrgios’ next service game. It’s all starting to slip away from him.

2.18pm AEST

Kyrgios* 0-2, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

And here we go! Robredo races away to 0-40 on Kyrgios’ serve and he then breaks after pouncing on a weak backhand and steering it past Kyrgios, skipping as he does so. The veteran has his tail up.

2.16pm AEST

Kyrgios 0-1, 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

It’s 12.10am in New York as Robredo opens the fourth set by winning the opening two points, the second after a startling winner from the far corner. Kyrgios was deep but Robredo somehow cleared him and had the ball drop as sharply as a sharemarket in crises. Did he shank it? Would he care if he did? After going ahead 40-30 Robredo induces a roar of frustration from Kyrgios who must feel his grip on this match is slipping away. Robredo finishes nicely to hold.

2.11pm AEST

Robredo wins the third set!

Kyrgios 6-7, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

A challenge on the first point of the tie-break and Kyrgios drops serve: 0-1

Kyrgios’ serve out wide and sits Robredo on his derriere, but he gets a return in. He hits it long, however: 2-3.

Kyrgios breaks back after a rally and a drop shot that Robredo can only spoon back. Kyrgios waits at the net and gobbles it up: 3-3.

And a fourth straight point to the Australian, an inside out forehand beating Robredo on his back hand: 4-3

Robredo back in it when Kyrgios hits long: 4-4.

Kyrgios overhits another forehand and he bounces his racket in frustration: 4-5. (Total points won to date, 90-all)

Robredo holds serves: 4-6. Set point.

And set it is, as Kyrgios can’t keep his return in play.

2.01pm AEST

Kyrgios 6-6, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Some loose shots from Kyrgios sees Robredo race to 40-0. Kyrgios then returns with too much interest and we’re heading to a tie-break.

1.59pm AEST

Kyrgios* 6-5, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Leading 30-15 Kyrgios takes the game to game point when he leaps high at the net and volleys the ball safely past Robredo. He was a bit lucky there because his approach shot was another of those lackadaisical fly-swatting table tennis shots that Robredo might have punished. At 40-30 he cracks a slanting winner into the corner, then pumps his fist as he looks to his posse in the stands.

1.54pm AEST

Kyrgios 5-5, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Robredo runs Kyrgios ragged in the opening point and despite wondering if a Kyrgios shot is a tad long he hits it down the line for a winner anyway. 15-0 quickly becomes 40-0 and then game when Robredo pushes Kyrgios deep before moving in for the kill.

1.51pm AEST

Kyrgios* 5-4, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

A fairly unremarkable game, that one, Kyrgios seeing it out after establishing a 40-15 lead. He’ll now have a crack at the set. How are Robredo’s nerves?

1.49pm AEST

Kyrgios 4-4, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

At 0-15 down Kyrgios wins a rally with a neat lob and he jumps in the air, partly, you’d think, in an attempt to psych himself up. Robredo claws back to 30-15 but then shanks one to Brooklyn. He loses the next point too to give Kyrgios a break. But he’s inches away from it when he pulverises a forehand a tad too hard and long.

From Deuce Robredo reaches Ad when Kyrgios smashes a dropping ball wide with the court open. He can’t believe it but manages a wry smile. After a long rally Kyrgios loses patience, sets up a volley with a deep forehand but it’s not deep enough, and Robredo’s top spin lob finds open court. Lovely shot, that.

1.42pm AEST

Kyrgios* 4-3, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Super opening point for Robredo when he half-volleys a clobbered Kyrgios forehand and sends it inside the tram lines for a winner. How’d he even see that coming? Kyrgios responds with a series of good serves but at 40-15 he misses a possible winner by wafting at the ball, much the way I play table tennis when I’m looking for extra top spin. 40-30 but he then closes it out.

And here he is now in his underpants. On a commercial on Aussie TV. No further comments on that.

1.37pm AEST

Kyrgios 3-3, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

The crowd cheers when a ball boy catches a stray Kyrgios forehand that looped high and wide. Decent enough catch but right down his throat. Mark Waugh could catch those in his sleep.

Meantime, Robredo motors to 40-30 before winning the game when Kyrgios, at the net, fails to keep his volley in play.

1.34pm AEST

Kyrgios* 3-2, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

Kyrgios’ body language has definitely changed for the worse but he’s hanging tough. And at 30-0 up he decides to meet a Robredo forehand by jumping over the ball and hitting it between his legs (into the net). Not sure he needed to do that, but, hey, you’re only young once, and the crowd loved the audacity. No matter, he holds serve.

1.30pm AEST

Kyrgios 2-2, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Robredo’s serves are finding the mark and setting up his service points. He’s making 79% of his first serves, compared to Kyrgios’ 61%. Kyrgios, however, leads the ace race 8-2, and has hit 14-9 winners.

Another untroubled service game for Robredo gets him level.

1.27pm AEST

Kyrgios* 2-1, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo

I didn’t notice it earlier but Kyrgios is moaning now as he strikes the ball. It’s low and plaintive, like a cow lost in a gully in a heavy mist. But he keeps his head and wins the game with a cross court forehand. And he shakes his fist jubilantly.

1.24pm AEST

Kyrgios 1-1, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

Having quickly moved to 40-0 with three testing serves which Kyrgios can’t dominate, Kyrgios gets on the board after a Robredo error but the Spaniard closes it out with aplomb.

1.21pm AEST

Kyrgios* 1-0, 3-6, 6-3 Robredo (* denotes server)

Classic serve and volley tennis sets up the first three points for Kyrgios and it’s 40-0. A delicious lob by Robredo hauls him back to 40-15 but another powerful serve sets up a winner for Kyrgios.

1.18pm AEST

Robredo wins the second set 6-3!

Kyrgios 3-6, 6-3 Robredo*

A thrilling early point is won by Kyrgios. A sliced drop shot into the corner is retrieved by Robredo but Kyrgios is waiting to lob the return deep. Robredo Jack Russells to the back of the court and while he reaches the ball he can’t get it back.

But bread and butter tennis takes him out to 40-15 anyway. And though Kyrgios gets to 40-30 Robredo serves it out with an ace.

1.14pm AEST

Kyrgios* 3-5, 6-3 Robredo

A tentative Kyrgios backhand from midcourt gives Robredo the early point, and he gets another when a forehand squeezes Kyrgios for room and he can’t get it back. But he fights back to 30-30 and, despite controlling the next point, he goes for too much on a forehand and Robredo watches it sail out. Kyrgios remonstrates with himself. Break point. After ending a rally badly —by hitting into the net— Kyrgios checks himself from throwing his racket down. He’s wobbling a little here. Robredo will serve for the set now.

1.09pm AEST

Kyrgios 3-4, 6-3 Robredo*

Two solid serves set up a 30-0 lead for Robredo before Kyrgios whips a forehand inside the tramlines, nonchalantly. Robredo advances to 40-30 before attempting a drop shot from way past the base line. It drops, alright, but humidicrib early. And that’s Deuce. Two more solid serves from Robredo see the game out.

1.05pm AEST

Kyrgios* 3-3, 6-3 Robredo

After giving away the opening point with an overhit forehand Kyrgios pulls out another ace. Then another. And, another. That’s 40-0, and Robredo must feel like he’s playing cards with a magician. Game point and Kyrgios bludgeons another. Robredo gets a racket to it, but meekly so.

1.02pm AEST

Kyrgios 2-3, 6-3 Robredo*

Robredo’s serve is having a renaissance and he powers to 30-0 before getting to game point by running Kyrgios wide and finding the empty court. A Kyrgios error gives the game to Robredo. Could this mark the turning of the tide?

12.59pm AEST

Kyrgios* 2-2, 6-3 Robredo

It was four straight aces in the last game for Kyrgios but he can’t find one to start this game. He wins the point, mind, with Robredo on the back foot. But the Spaniard comes back to win the next two, the second from a thunderous cross-court forehand that even Kyrgios, with his Inspector Gadget arms, can’t reach. At 30-30 Kyrgios hits an inside-out forehand long giving Robredo a break point. After a fault, Kyrgios finds an ace down the line; his 8th of the match. Deuce.

Another error gives up another break and this time Kyrgios can’t rescue himself with an ace. After a brief rally Kyrgios hits a backhand long. Game Robredo.

12.53pm AEST

Kyrgios 2-1, 6-3 Robredo*

Robredo settles somewhat, as Kyrgios’ eagerness becomes over-eagerness and some errors from the Australian allow Robredo to reach Advantage. But he wastes it blasting a forehand wide of the tram lines, a cross court attempt that misses spectacularly. Back to Deuce. But a swinging ace away from Kyrgios’ forehand gives him Advantage again, and he repeats the dose to hold serve.

12.49pm AEST

Kyrgios* 2-0, 6-3 Robredo

Another whirlwind service game for Kyrgios who claims the game with a thunderbolt. This is hard to keep up with, what with the lack of rallies. Don’t they know I’m trying to write? Kyrgios is floating here, and he has the smell of blood in his nostrils.

12.47pm AEST

Kyrgios 1-0, 6-3 Robredo*

Robredo opens the second set winning a neat rally after a series of cross-court drop shots. Kyrgios comes to the net a couple of points later and slides a winner inside the baseline. He follows up with another forehand winner —his 15th in all— to get to break point. And there it is! The heat in Kyrgios’ forehand is too hot for Robredo to handle and his shot comes closer to the umpire than the court. An immediate break. Robredo is in trouble.

Updated at 12.50pm AEST

12.42pm AEST

Kyrgios wins the first set 6-3!

The on-court mic is either turned right down or the crowd have yet to warm to this game which, to be fair, is a staccato affair of unforced errors, brief rallies and teasing wind gusts.

Kyrgios holds his serve, however, Robredo chasing down a cross court slice but failing to clear the net on game point.

12.39pm AEST

Kyrgios 5-3 Robredo*

A very casual backhand slice from Kyrgios gives Robredo the opening point, and he doubles his advantage when Kyrgios retrieves a deep ball but lobs it too long and high. Robredo serves nicely to advance to 40-15 and he secures the game when Kyrgios fails to return serve.

12.37pm AEST

Kyrgios* 5-2 Robredo

Now it’s Kyrgios’ turn to make some unforced errors and two of them give Robredo a 0-30 lead. But Robredo slides one into the net for 15-30. Kyrgios now hits the net himself to give Robredo a double break. Bravely, Kyrgios follows in his serve and volleys a winner for 30-40. His next attempt at net play, however, falls short, and he volleys into the net to give Robredo the game. That’s one break back.

12.33pm AEST

Kyrgios 5-1 Robredo*

Robredo settles with two early service points to go up 30-0, then Kyrgios returns into the net to give Robredo a 40-0 lead. A short rally then ends the same way and Robredo is on the board.

12.31pm AEST

Kyrgios* 5-0 Robredo

Blimey, that game was over in a heartbeat, Kyrgios winning it with his booming serve then a surprise change up that Robredo completely misreads. Kyrgios must have a bus to catch.

12.29pm AEST

Kyrgios 4-0 Robredo*

Robredo has some work to do already, losing the opening point after Kyrgios skips to the net and dabs a cheeky winner to the left court with Robredo stranded at the back. At 15-30 he digs himself a hole hitting a forehand beyond the tramlines to give Kyrgios a break point. They exchange forehands for backhands but Robredo again makes an unforced error, hitting long on the backhand. Another break of serve!

Meantime, David Wright writes in to tut-tut my dig at Canberra (which, to be fair to me, was really just my frustration at the wait coming out). “It’s access to world class facilities plus a desire to train hard to get home and out of the cold which leads to the production line of world class athletes!”

12.24pm AEST

Kyrgios* 3-0 Robredo

Kyrgios, on 15-30, smashes an overhead shot for a cross-court winner, after twisting his body spectacularly in mid air. No fear. He pushes out to 40-30 but Robredo batters one to the corner and Kyrgios can’t dig it out. Deuce. Another error from Robredo gives Kyrgios advantage. But Robredo gets it back to Deuce after ending a rally with a deep ground stroke that Kyrgios can’t handle. Krygios wins the advantage before ending the game with a big ace down the centre.

It’s been a little messy so far and the players have yet to adjust to a swirling wind but Kyrgios will be delighted with a 3-0 lead.

12.19pm AEST

Krygios 2-0 Robredo*

Kyrgios settles in after giving the first point away and he’s stalking the mid court like a panther. But there are loose shots from both players before Krygios forces Robredo into error setting up a break at 30-40. And there’s an early break for the young Aussie, an unforced error from Robredo, who paddles one into the net.

12.15pm AEST

Kyrgios* 1-0 Robredo (*denotes server)

Kyrgios’s first serve is a sedate 113mph which Robredo over hits. Robredo then finds the net with a lazy backhand to give Kyrgios a 30-0 lead, which he takes to 40-0 with a booming serve. Another one, which Robredo can only send into the stratosphere, sees him wrap up the game in a canter.

12.12pm AEST

And we're away

Kyrgios to serve

12.12pm AEST

They are hitting up now, Robredo looking old school in a white polo, blue shorts with lime green shoes, his only touch of daring. Kyrgios has his pink shirt on, grey shorts, light blue shoes with a pink swish. Cause it matches. You can see his ear stud twinkling in the lights.

If you place any store in body language Kyrgios is almost gambolling out there.

12.05pm AEST

The players are on their way onto Arthur Ashe, and Kyrgios shows he’s already mastered the art of diplomacy by declaring the US Open his favourite grand slam.

@TennisAustralia 2nd time he debuts on a centre court of a Slam against a Spaniard! Nadal at Wimbledon, Robredo tonight. #USOpen

So now we await the combatants, Nick Kyrgios and Tommy Robredo. Can’t be long now.

As for the youngster, I noted one of the papers called him ‘Kid Dynamite’ the other day. Is that his official nickname? I haven’t been following closely enough. Happy to field suggestions from you, dear readers. What about the Kryptonite Kid? It has a limited shelf life, but he it could be adapted as he ages. Kaptain Kryptonite? What about the Kanon? The Katerwauler? (You see what I’m doing here, with the Ks?) I don’t know, I’m making it up as I go along.

Updated at 12.03pm AEST

11.53am AEST

Bouchard wins! She’s into the fourth round of the US Open for the first time in her career. Not her finest hour, but she won’t be worried about that now. Strycova had plenty of opportunities but she grasped them with hands smeared in butter.

11.49am AEST

Strycova double faults on game point and now Bouchard will serve for the match. This has been one terrible match, it must be said, so the sooner it’s over the better. And I’d say that even if we weren’t all waiting for the Kyrgios match.

Updated at 11.50am AEST

11.46am AEST

But Bouchard tightens up allowing Strycova to break back —Bouchard gave the game away by slogging an easy forehand way over the baseline. It’s 4-4. No-one wants to seize the initiative, but since I’ve now committed that to print, watch someone seize the initiative.

11.41am AEST

Bouchard has now broken serve and is serving at 4-3 in the third. Strycova is doing a lot of mumbling to herself and her brows are furrowed like a field being prepared for planting.

11.36am AEST

Back to the live tennis for a moment, Bouchard was serving at 6-2, 6-7, 2-3 and facing two break points. But she fought back gamely to tie it up 3-3 in the deciding set, wrapping up the game with a solid serve down the line that Strycova, in her urgency to get back to Deuce, hit too long.

11.30am AEST

For those who don’t follow these things, Kyrgios is not the only young Canberran athlete to have made a mark in recent times. To rattle off a few names, there’s Patty Mills of the NBA champions, the San Antonio Spurs, and 19-year-old Dante Exum, who was recently selected by the Utah Jazz in the NBA draft. There’s Socceroo Tom Rogic, Hockeyroo Anna Flanagan, Orica-GreenEDGE cyclist Michael Matthews (currently doing very well in the Tour of Spain) and BMX champion Caroline Buchanan.

It’s not a big place, Canberra, but perhaps its disadvantages give young people the hunger to escape to a better life. There are only so many roundabouts and public servants a person can stand.

11.20am AEST

All fine out there, just routine squabbling. And they’ve promised to behave. Their mum is away, you see, on a work trip. Has been since Wednesday, for goodness sake. I’ve put out a distress signal to Nanna (like the bat signal, but it’s a picture of a basket of clean and folded laundry that I project into the sky) and she’ll be on deck soon. Just in case you were worried.

11.06am AEST

Looks like the wait will be a little longer than anticipated. Strycova has dominated the tie-breaker 7-2 and we’re all even at 6-2, 6-7.

So talk amongst yourselves. As for me, this will give me a little opportunity to check up on my young girls who are making a lot of noise in the background. (Yes, I’m at home on a blue sky Melbourne morning.) It’s not quite Lord of the Flies, but if I hear a conch shell sounding I’ll start worrying.

10.54am AEST

Speaking of young guns, it’s another one keeping us waiting for the Kyrgios-Robredo match. But it shouldn’t be long. Eugenie Bouchard leads Barbora Strycova 6-2, 6-5, Strycova to serve...

Updated at 11.07am AEST

10.48am AEST

If you haven’t yet had a surf of tonight’s results at the Open, there’s been good news for Australia. Casey Dellacqua is through to the last 16 after defeating rising Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Fair enough, too. He’s 19. Think back to when you were 19. I had the self-confidence of Eeyore. The thought of even being a ball-kid at the US Open, let alone a competitor, would have been enough to turn me to jelly. Where do these kids get their self-confidence from? Kids today, ay? Why aren’t they frightened like the rest of us?

Updated at 11.11am AEST

10.41am AEST

Ranked 16, Robredo will be expected to win this one and face Stanislas Wawrinka in the next round but he’s on a hiding to nothing. The momentum, and probably the sentiment of the crowd, will be with Kyrgios, but perhaps his experience will tell in the end. He did knock out Federer this time last year but is he still hungry? On the other hand, how will Kyrgios handle the occasion? Against Mikhail Youzhny in the first round he was handed three code violations and while it made for entertaining viewing from the cheap seats (I won’t pretend to be outraged) his other coach, Todd Larkham, said it was something Kyrgios needs to get a handle on:

He likes to get pumped and fired-up to play well, but he’s just got to channel it…It’s got to be more positive than it was [on Monday]. He doesn’t play that well when he’s that angry. We’re certainly advising him to try and control his emotions better. There’s a lot of fire there, a lot of passion, he wants to be a great player. Sometimes he wants to win too badly and it boils over. He’s going through a learning curve, how to deal with all that pressure and expectation.

10.33am AEST

Preamble

Good evening …. or, as we say in Australia at times such as this, good morning. And so to another installment of Young Talent Time, once again starring the enfant not quite as terrible as Bernard Tomic but he’ll get a little potty-mouthed if provoked, Nick Kyrgios, the ebullient 19-year-old howitzer from Canberra who has the tennis world in a tizz.

US Open officials have recognised the tizziness —no doubt brought on by our Darwinian obsession with youth— and consequently they’ve plonked Kyrgios on Arthur Ashe Stadium in prime time for this third round match-up against Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo, 32, who had already become Spain’s top ranked junior (in 2000) before Kyrgios even picked up his first racket.

At some point in his career, sooner rather than later you’d expect, Krygios’ progress through a grand slam tournament will be expected rather than seen as bandwagon well worth jumping on but we’re not there yet. While he’s got all the talent —and he showed that at Wimbledon where he got through to the quarters beating Rafael Nadal along the way— he’s still as young and raw as a new pair of chaps.

As one of his coaches, Josh Eagles, said this week, he’s still about three years away from his best tennis. Then we’ll see some real damage.

10.33am AEST

Paul will be here shortly for live coverage of Nick Kyrgios’s match with Tommy Robredo. In the meantime, here’s a recap of Sam Groth’s meeing with Roger Federer.

Sam Groth put one awesome 142mph serve on Roger Federer – which he returned with interest – and that pretty much told the story of the Australian’s doomed project and the Swiss’s smooth progress into the third round of the 2014 US Open.

Federer, who is in as rich a vein of form as he has experienced for at least two years, survived a brief wobble near the end of their 108-minute match in the Arthur Ashe stadium on a cool Friday night to win 6-4 6-4 6-4. The symmetry was as pleasing as his 36 winners and nine aces, two of which arrived in his closing service game.

He will hope to improve on his numbers over the next week in pursuit of his sixth US title and 18th slam, an achievement that would reaffirm the dominance he and his peers once took for granted.

His next assignment is against Marcels Granollers, who took the tournament’s other giant server, Ivo Karlovic, out of the equation, coming through three tie-breaks to win an engrossing five-setter in nine minutes shy of four hours, not the ideal preparation for a match against a lingering genius with plenty of miles left in his 33-year-old legs.